Johannes Hermanius Hendrikus (Jan) Zvartkrejs ( Dutch Johannes Hermanus Hendrikus "Jan" Zwartkruis ; January 18, 1926 , Elst , Gelderland , Netherlands - March 7, 2013 , Amersfoort , Utrecht , Netherlands ) - Dutch football coach.
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| Full name | Johannes Hermanius Hendrikus Zvartkrejs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Elst , Gelderland , Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | Amersfoort , Utrecht , Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
In the 1950s, he acted as a right-back in the AEC from Amersfoort . In 1962, being the captain of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, he led the country's football team among the military. Zvartkreys later became an assistant to the head coach of the Netherlands team Georg Knobel and his successor Ernst Happel . In 1978, Zvartkreys reached the finals of the World Cup , where the Dutch in extra time lost to Argentina - 1: 3 [1] .
In the same 1978, Zvartkreys led the national team, which led to the 1980 European Championship . But on it the Dutch were unable to leave the group, and in 1981 Zvartkreys lost the position of head coach Kes Ravers [2] .
The specialist later led the Netherlands Antilles team and Trinidad and Tobago